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I need to travel by train from Tamworth to Geneva mid July 2018 with a touring bike and panniers. It'll be a one way trip as I'll be cycling back. I'm asking for tips on how best to book this journey at minimum price please? Thanks Graham

Hi guys the hospital that recently cared for my mum are running a c2c in a day sponsored event in September. I'e not been on the bike since November and even then it was riding with my lad. Do you think I could get myself into a position to ride it by September?

What do you use to lubricate the chain and mech on your bike? A specific make of lubricant? 3-in-1 oil? Cheap maintenance oil? Wax? Something else? Please elaborate especially if you’ve tried a number of products and found one that works well. I looking for an effective lubricant that...

I just feel like having a rant about this. Many many years ago my younger brother became fascinated by Scuba diving so aged about 15 he joined a club in Northumberland. It was a bad experience; the other members made no effort to welcome him into their circle, especially when they all retired to...

Apologies for another rant about the price of trail travel, but this one has the additional angle of a warning to cyclists riding near Redruth and Gloucester. I may be traveling to the Middle East for work soon and thought to take advantage of a stop over in London to quickly visit family in...

An interesting snippet from Japan, where rail services are so well managed it is not unusual for them to arrive and depart to the second... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42009839

Could someone tell me why a single train ticket of 25 miles costs all but 10p shy of a day return ticket? I guess there's logic in it. I rather fancy cycling one way with my wife to return by train. Howsoever, I feel shortchanged at (almost) paying the price of a return ticket. On a longer...

The Flying Scotsman is at Wansford staition all weekend ,and can be viewed with a platform pass. http://www.nvr.org.uk/wansford-station

I was looking at train fares from my local station to Lockerbie (southern Scotland, on the west coast main line) as I am thinking about doing a ride from there to home over the weekend coming. A single to Lockerbie was coming in at £23.60 On checking fares to Carlisle, the next stop south on...

I have had to drop out of @nickyboy s Leeds to Scarborough ride due to knee issues but had already purchased train tickets to get me from Manchester Airport to Leeds and back from Scarborough. As I no longer need then they are free to a good home. Both tickets have a bike space booked if...

so you own a timeless classic car , would you consider this ? http://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/de/en/the-start-up-powertrain-for-electric-cars-the-bosch-e-axle-offers-greater-range-121216.html

Going spare due to a change of plan: Train tickets (advance single) with bike reservations on the following, both Monday 21 August 10:28 Swansea to London Paddington 15:00 Kings X to Edinburgh Post here and/or PM me.

I ordered a SNCF train ticket, as part of my upcoming Italy / France trip, but since then my credit card has changed, as I had to dispute a transaction on the previous one, so got issued with another. According to the SNCF web site, to collect the ticket, I need to use the card that I paid for...

Hi there Anytime, I need to take my bike on the train, I always book this in the travel centre at the main station (Glasgow Central in my case) and they give me my tickets and cycle reservation tickets at the same time. However, is there also a main number I can phone for the option of...

I'm travelling Stockport to Banbury this week. The single ticket I wanted was about £60. I thought that a bit steep so I went to this website http://splitticketing.co.uk/ And I got the same journey for £28 Of course I have the faff of 4 separate tickets but I'll live with that for the saving...

It's been a long time since I took my bike on a train and this weekend I plan to cycle down towards Ayr. I plan to keep going until I've had enough and armed with my debit card I'll get a train home with the bike. Is there a particular coach that is marked suitable for bikes? I assume it'll be...

If I buy two train tickets and I'm sitting on one seat with my bag on the other seat (none of these are priority seats), Do I have to take the bag off it's seat if someone else wants to sit down? What if I get up instead but leave my bag sitting on it's seat? This might even descend into talk...

Just in case there's a secret London-based early music fan on the forum who isn't already involved in something next weekend! Free or charity donation unless you're feeling generous. We'd planned a weekend in York but are having to abandon those plans because I've been ill - would anyone like...

So I'm off up north a couple of times over the next few weeks. Once for business and once for leisure. For business we use a company called Redfern, for leisure I would normally use Trainline. However, has anyone else noticed that these two services have questions about your proposed seating...

Just over a year ago, I replaced my chainset*, cassette and chain. The bike had done roughly 3,000 miles from new. I posted on here about it and the consensus was that I wasn't cleaning my bike properly. I didn't really agree, but took note. So, I upped my bike cleaning game to almost...

Just wanted to get an opinion, please… I'm booked on a Greater Anglia train from Liverpool Street to Norwich on Saturday afternoon for the Norwich 100 on the Sunday. Unfortunately I've been unable to get a bike reservation, presumably because the train's space is full of others heading for the...

Hi I'm doing Manchester to blackpool charity ride July 10th. How many hours per day should i ride ( no work lost eye sight in right eye). Only school drop off and pick up, school is pissing distance from house. I no blackpool isn't 200 mile away but could do with a bit of training advice. What...

We have friends in Newcastle, which is about 300 miles round trip from our house (allowing for getting lost at some point) The smallest member of the family loves to travel by train, and as we will be going there and back in a day in all likelihood (and I'll be driving if we go by car) I've just...

Here Strangely mesmerising - I have it running on my 2nd screen as I type. (more scenic in the middle sections - pity the image quality is not better).

Hi all , hoping someone can help Changing gear on my bike has become an issue in that some times it doesn't want to shift properly. i had a go at adjustment yesterday but cant get it right, in that if I adjust so that the derailleur will smoothly shift up the cassette then it wont drop down...

Three days in a row! I watch someone who obviously needs to sit down. Someone other than the person in the priority seat gets up. Wth is up with that? It's like no one cares that they're sitting in a priority seat. Humans, what a crazy species. I'm not as ruthless (stupid?) as I used to be...

hey all So new to the forums but looking for advice or recommendations on a foldable bike. I guess best is if I state my needs/situation then hat should help eh? I need it to be a foldable for a few reasons...I live in a flat, I have nowhere to store it at work (other than under my desk) and...